The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It describes how the simple past is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past, whether recently or long ago. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, including went, gave, and came. It also covers the formation of the simple past, including the use of auxiliary verbs like did, was, and had, and how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences.

1. Simple Past

2. FUNCIONES DEL "SIMPLE PAST"
El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción que concluyó en un
tiempo anterior al actual. La duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que
se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado lejano.
EJEMPLOS:
John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
My father died last year.
He lived in Fiji in 1976.
We crossed the Channel yesterday.

3. Se utiliza el "simple past" para referirse: a cuándo ocurrió
algo.
* Frecuencia:
often, sometimes, always
• I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
• I often brought my lunch to school.
* Un tiempo determinado:
last week, when I was a child,
yesterday, six weeks ago
• We saw a good film last week.
• Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
• She finished her work at seven o'clock
• I went to the theatre last night

4. * Un tiempo indeterminado
the other day, ages ago
• A long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.
• She played the piano when she was a child.

5. FORMACION DEL "SIMPLE PAST"
FORMACIÓN DEL "SIMPLE PAST" CON VERBOS REGULARES
Afirmativa
Sujeto + raíz + ed => I skipped.
Negativa
Sujeto + did not+ infinitivo sin to => They didn't go.
Interrogativa
Did + sujeto + infinitivo sin to => Did she arrive?
Interrogativa negativa
Did not + sujeto + infinitivo sin to => Didn't you play?

6. EJEMPLO CON EL VERBO WALK
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa
I walked I didn't walk Did I walk?
You walked You didn't walk Did you walk?
He walked He didn't walk Did he walk?
We walked We didn't walk Did we walk?
They walked They didn't walk Did they walk?

7. Subject Verb
Be Have Do
I was had did
You were had did
He/She/It was had did
We were had did
You were had did
They were had did
"SIMPLE PAST" DE LOS VERBOS TO BE, TO HAVE, TO DO

8. CONSTRUCCIONES AFIRMATIVA, NEGATIVA E
INTERROGATIVA
AFIRMATIVA
La forma afirmativa del "simple past" es sencilla.
• I was in Japan last year.
• She had a headache yesterday.
• We did our homework last night.
NEGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA
• Para las formas negativa e interrogativa del "simple past" del
verbo "do" como verbo ordinario, se emplea como auxiliar "do",
We didn't do our homework last night.
• La forma negativa del verbo "have" en "simple past" suele
construirse utilizando el auxiliar "do", aunque en ocasiones solo se
añade not o la contracción "n't".
• La forma interrogativa del verbo "have" en "simple past" suele
emplear el auxiliar "do".

9. • Para construir las formas negativa e interrogativa de todos los
verbos en "simple past", se utiliza siempre el auxiliar 'did'’.
• They weren't in Rio last summer.
• We didn't have any money.
• We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
• We didn't do our exercises this morning.
• Were they in Iceland last January?
• Did you have a bicycle when you were young?
• Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?
Ejemplos:

10. Simple Past “Verbos Irregulares”
Algunos verbos hacen el simple past de forma irregular, El inglés tiene varios
verbos irregulares en el pasado simple que son verbos comunes. No hay una
regla simple para deducir el pasado simple en inglés de estos verbos.
Ejemplos:
To go
He went to a club last night.
Did he go to the cinema last night?
He didn’t go to bed early last night.
To give
We gave her a doll for her birthday.
They didn’t give John their new address.
Did Barry give you my passport?
To come
My parents came to visit me last july.
We didn’t come because it was raining.
Did he come to your party last week.